Re: Setting JList size

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
Subject	Re: Setting JList size
Date	2012-02-07 11:13 -0800
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Knute Johnson wrote:
> Fred wrote:
> > Knute Johnson wrote:
> >> Fred wrote:
> >>> I have a JList inside a JScrollPane. This list has many items in it; I
> >>> want to set its height such that five of the items are visible (items
> >>> are just strings).
> >>
> >>> This is quite trivial using C and Motif - just set the list's
> >>> XmNvisibleItemCount resource. How do I do this for a JList such that
> >>> if I change the font later the list resizes to still displays five
> >>> items?

> >> The docs are your friend.  Take a look at JList.setVisibleRowCount().
> >>
> > Interesting - I had made a local copy of the javadocs (I often work
> > disconnected from the internet), and there is no such method listed in
> > my copy!
> >
> > Not sure where I got my copy - I've had it for several years.

> I'm pretty sure it dates to 1.3 or earlier.

Indicating that Fred's copy must date back even earlier, perhaps to 1.1 before 
Swing was part of Java. Fred, you really do need to stay current. There've been 
a Nawful lot of changes since 1.1.

-- 
Lew

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Setting JList size Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 08:10 -0800
  Re: Setting JList size Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-02 09:08 -0800
    Re: Setting JList size Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 13:29 -0800
      Re: Setting JList size Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-05 00:50 -0800
      Re: Setting JList size Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-07 10:13 -0800
        Re: Setting JList size Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 11:13 -0800
  Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 12:13 -0500
    Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 16:09 -0500
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        Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 17:27 -0500
          Re: Setting JList size "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-02 20:14 -0500
            Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-03 05:26 -0500

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